I’m not really a fan of reality TV. Things like Survivor really just bore me to death and back!! That is why my latest (and only) television obsession is so odd!! It amazes and baffles my parents! I can’t explain why I love this show so much. I just do! The show is…

John and Kate Plus Eight!

This show is about John and Kate and their 8 children. First, they couldn’t have kids, so they tried in vitro fertilization, and ended up with twins! THEN they tried again, wanting one more. Obviously, they got 6! Now, they live this chaotic life, which for some reason, captivates me. The kids are so cute!! And John and Kate are so funny! And real. And WOW.

AHHH, I love it.

So, you’re probably all sitting there, like, “WTF?! WHY DOES AISLING LOVE THIS SHOW?! SHE’S CRAZY!!!” To which I have to agree. I can’t quite pinpoint the appeal. But it is just APPEALING. ALRIGHT?!

Have you ever had some sort of… odd television fascination? Are there any reality shows you really enjoy?

It seems as if everyone is restless as of late. Is it a seasonal thing? I don’t know. All I know is that, at work, I get several requests per day for melatonin, the hormone that stimulates drowsiness. My friends complain of insomnia, and feelings of anxiety. I hear stories about how they’ve been awake until the wee hours of the morning, dropping off to sleep for an hour or two before beginning work!

I’ve been known to suffer similarly in the past. There was a time when it wouldn’t be uncommon for me to have to force myself to at least go lay down, only to lay there staring at the ceiling for several hours, thoughts flowing constantly in my mind.

This time is different though. I am exactly the opposite! It seems as if I cannot stay awake! I wake up at 5.30am, in order to have a shower, so my hair can be dry for when I leave for work at 7.30am. I spend most of the day at work, come home, go on the computer/ watch TV/ read, typical things. I go for a walk with Spice. No part of my day is particularly exhausting. Yet, I am absolutely wiped by 5pm. I force myself to stay up until 8.30pm, most nights, but after that, I am completely non-functioning! It’s getting somewhat annoying, and I know I will be quite angry once The Office comes back, and I am unable to stay up until it’s on! At that point it will be interfering with my life, and I just can’t have that!

There once was a man in nantucket…

*cough*

Okay, maybe I won’t spout sonnets today, and try and form a somewhat decent entry. Problem is the following:

• My life is kind of… in a weird place right now. I’m not sure what to do, and I am trying to sort things out.
• This layout, while cute and fun, is bothering me due to its intense amounts of blue, and fail points in Safari and some versions of Opera. I hate to say it, but I may need something a bit simpler! (Curses on you, simplicity!!)
• I don’t want to make a new layout, and then have WP 2.5 released, and me being the idiot I am, I will forget to back-up my files, and lose my new layout, and OH THE HUMANITY of re-coding something! Because, to be honest, I really love the DESIGNING bit, and the part I do in Photoshop (hence, my obvious adoration for a billion images in a layout!), but coding is not really my thing. :-P

So, there you have it: all my excuses for being a failure in the blog-sense as of late. I’m sorry. So so sorry. As an apology, I will leave you with this photo of my dog Spice, because she is cute. And she is talking on the phone.